The range in age among the four is only five years. The range in personalities among Avalanche forwards Gabe Landeskog, Ryan O'Reilly, Matt Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon is much larger. "I'd say we're all pretty different guys," Landeskog said, "but we all share the same passion for our job."And talent.The Avs' young foursome, all 23 or younger, represent the present and fut...

Ok, the bad news is the Ducks won last night and the Avs cannot get the No. 1 seed.The good news is the Ducks won last night and now have zero motivation to win tonight.Just turned on the Wings-Blues game and Detroit has scored the first goal!! Go Red Wings! (oh, no, I just threw up in my mouth saying that)But seriously, it would be nice of the Blues to lose so that the Avs could clinch the division title before playing tonight and Giggy could start in goal tonight against the Ducks.

Whatever happens in the playoffs, this has been a wonderful season. Thank you Patrick. Thank you Joe.